Recommended Reading


Financial Life Planning

Smart Money Article 6-09
Inspired Wealth - Aileen Miga & Janice Hughes
Seven Stages of Money Maturity - George Kinder
Lighting the Torch - George Kinder & Susan Galvan
Conscious Finance - Rick Kahler & Kathleen Fox
Giving; Philanthropy for Everyone - Robert A. Esperti & Renno L. Peterson
Stones into Schools - Greg Mortenson
Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson

Finance

Bully By the Horns - Sheila Bair
Don't Worry, Make Money - Richard Carlson
The Paradox of Choice - Barry Schwartz
The Intelligent Investor - Benjamin Graham (I suggest the revised edition that includes commentary by Jason Zweig 2003)
Fooled By Randomness - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management - Roger Lowenstein
Money of the Mind - James Grant
Money and The Meaning of Life - Jacob Needleman
Minding Mr. Market - James Grant
The World is Flat - Thomas Friedman
The Smartest Guys in the Room - Bethany McLean

Health & Wellness

Appreciative Moments - Edward A. Jacobson
Buddha's Brain - Rick Hanson, PH.D & Richard Mendius, MD
The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
The Untold Story of Milk - Ron Schmid
Take Control - Anthony Galie


I have read all of these suggestions and can recommend them personally.

Chris Dowley